Famous painter Ali Imam remembered on death anniversary.

ISLAMABAD -- Ali Imam, a great painter, who touched the lives of several people through his art, is being remembered on Saturday at his 18th death anniversary.

Ali Imam, a painter, art connoisseur, art critic, gallery owner and a teacher to many art lovers was born in Narsinghpur, India in 1924. Ali Imam began painting in 1941 when he joined the evening classes of the Nagpur School of Art. He graduated from Punjab University in 1949. His first solo was at Rawalpindi in 1952. Later he lived in London from 1956-67. Then he returned to Pakistan.

Over a period of time, Ali Imam became an important art educationist in Karachi. He was the architect of the modern curriculum of The Central...